单词 | extricate |
释义 | extricate (ekstrɪkeɪt ) Word forms: extricates , extricating , extricated 1. verb If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. It represents a last ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis. [V pron-refl + from] He wanted to extricate her from the immediate influence of Catherine de Medici. [VERB noun + from] 2. verb If you extricate someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them. [formal] ...extricate the survivors. [VERB noun] He endeavoured to extricate the car, digging with his hands in the blazing sunshine. [VERB noun] |
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